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This book examines the public battle sparked by the promulgation in 1788 of Prussia's Edict on Religion. Historians have seen in this moment nothing less than the end of the Enlightenment in Prussia. This book begs to differ and argues that social control had a long "enlightened" pedigree. Using both archival and published documents, this book reveals deeply the entire Prussian elite was invested in social control of the masses, especially in the public sphere. What emerges is a picture of the Enlightenment in Prussia as a conservative enterprise that was limited by not merely the state but also the social anxities of the Prussian elite.
Price: $185.00
Pages: 244
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History
Publication Date:
17 June 2009
ISBN: 9789004176515
Format: Hardcover
"Visions of the Enlightenment directs our focus to tensions rather than dichotomies and to analysis rather than assumptions, and provides compelling examples of the important insights to be found in this way .. The book should thus interest not only scholars of the Prussian Enlightenment, but also to those considering the applicability and limitations of concepts like the public sphere in analyzing the German past." - Marynel Ryan Van Zee, in: H-German, H-Net Reviews, February, 2010 [URL: www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=26320]
Michael J. Sauter, Ph.D. (2002) in History, UCLA, is Profesor-Investigador at Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, A.C. in Mexico City.